Michael is the greatest basketball player who has ever lived. He changed the game forever. He set the precedence for greatness and re-defined what it meant to be a role model. Almost everyone growing up had an MJ jersey, or an MJ poster on the wall - he was everything. Everyone wanted to be like Mike, I wanted to be like Mike.

Here's a collection of 7 Michael Jordan quotes as a tribute to the greatest to ever lace em' up:

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

- Michael Jordan

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."

- Michael Jordan

"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."

"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."

- Michael Jordan

“You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.”

- Michael Jordan

“I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me. Failure always made me try harder next time.”